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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 186
April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
1 AN ACT to create 69.02 (1m) and 69.18 (2) (fm) of the statutes; relating to:
2 recommended training for persons who complete and sign medical
3 certifications of death.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards.
Current law requires a death record to contain a medical certification, which
provides the cause of death, manner of death, injury-related data, and any other
medically-related data that is collected as required by the state registrar at the
Department of Health Services (DHS). Depending on the circumstances of the death, the
medical certification may be completed and signed by a medical examiner, coroner, or
physician, or by certain medical professionals with access to a decedent's medical history.
Death records are registered with DHS's Office of Vital Records, which is supervised by
the state registrar.
The bill requires DHS to promote and encourage appropriate training for any
person who is authorized to complete and sign a medical certification under current law.
The bill requires DHS to compile a recommended set of training materials and resources
related to medical certification of deaths, which must be accessible to any person
authorized to sign a medical certification.
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ASSEMBLY BILL 186 SECTION 1
1 SECTION 1. 69.02 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
2 69.02 (1m) The department shall promote and encourage appropriate training
3 for any person authorized to complete and sign a medical certification under s. 69.18
4 (2), and shall compile and make available to these persons a recommended set of
5 training materials and resources related to medical certification of deaths.
6 SECTION 2. 69.18 (2) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
7 69.18 (2) (fm) Any person authorized to complete and sign a medical
8 certification under this subsection shall have access to training materials and
9 resources recommended by the department in accordance with s. 69.02 (1m).
10 (END)